v1.0.0

Navi v1.0.0

Navi v1.0.0 is the first public release of the desktop app.

Navi is a local-first MCP chat app for people who want one polished place to use hosted models, local models, MCP tools, projects, attachments, and generated artifacts.

What Is Included

• Hosted providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
• Local providers: Ollama, LM Studio, imported GGUF models, and a managed llama.cpp runtime.
• Real streaming responses across supported providers.
• MCP servers over stdio or Streamable HTTP, with in-chat approvals for sensitive tool calls.
• Curated Navi Tool presets backed by normal MCP server configs.
• File attachments for images and text-based documents.
• Artifact canvas for Markdown, code, HTML, SVG, Mermaid, and image outputs.
• Project-organized conversations with project-specific instructions.
• Chat rename, delete, pin, archive, search, generated titles, and project moves.
• Personalization settings for name, bio, custom instructions, avatars, theme mode, and accent color.
• Local SQLite storage for conversations, messages, tool calls, run events, artifacts, provider configs, local models, and MCP servers.
• OS keyring storage for provider API keys in the desktop app.

Downloads

Use the native desktop installer for your platform:

• Linux: .AppImage, .deb, or .rpm
• Windows: .exe

Verify Your Download

Every release includes checksums.

Linux:

./verify-install.sh <installer file>

Windows:

Get-FileHash .\Navi_1.0.0_x64-setup.exe

Compare the result with SHA256SUMS-windows.txt.

Known Notes

• Binary document parsing for formats like PDF and DOCX is not included yet. Text-based documents are supported.